Davos Heating Up

[CowboyinAmerica 2,889]

 

Davos -- So far this season, it's been the Quebec and Calgary show, even to the point where one (hilariously misinformed) article recently posited whether we should just skip ahead to the finals. Of course, missing from that statement was the defending champions, HC Davos Dynamo, who was expected to make that duo a trio.

 

Of course, anything could happen in the playoffs anyway, but it seems Davos fans may not need to wait that long. The Dynamo have just reeled off their longest win streak of the season at five games, including one win over Calgary in that stretch. While they're not yet close to the top two in the standings, they've put 10 points of distance between themselves and fourth place Riga, indicating they're a team to be reckoned with moving forward.

 

"We haven't gone anywhere, we're just getting our stuff in order," forward Gabriel McAllister said after the most recent win against New York. "It's a long season, we're only halfway, and I feel confident about where our team is going forward."

 

There's certainly reasons to be optimistic if you're a Davos fan. Now-forward Ay Ay Ron is the obvious one, providing another top-flight talent on the first line to put pucks in the net. Another unreported reason, though, may be simple regression to the mean - it's highly unlikely a goalie of Shawn Brodeur's talent will have as poor a second half as his first. Either way, the goal for Davos should be a top three finish and a first round bye, and from there, anything can truly happen in the playoffs.

Edited September 3, 2018 by CowboyinAmerica

[Banackock 8,044]

AAR was a good pick up for Davos and definitely pushed them back into the 3-some.